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The Wall
This is the place where you can make your feelings heard (just don't be a jerk about it).
If you'd like to see something someone said in the last two months or so, you can check out the Wall Archives below:
If what you're looking for didn't show up, check out the Stacks, which basically allows you to look at everything that's ever been archived.
Check out what everyone else is saying:
E-mail addresses and names are not guaranteed to be who they say they are.
That being said, we should tell you that the webmaster can tell who said what.
On 09/30/2009 at 06:24:49,
K2 said:
Alrighty, I've got the bug that Steve found fixed. He is the winner of the first prize.
Go ahead and try to break it again! More prizes to come if you find a bug that I am unaware of!
On 09/23/2009 at 08:13:03,
K2 said:
Incase you forgot where the new site is...
wintercamp.kkwebprogramming.com
On 09/23/2009 at 08:12:44,
K2 said:
It's been exactly a month since I've last posted about my hobby!
I've been working on it and most of the stuff I've been doing has been back-end stuff you don't really get to see. However, I do have the new wall working! It's not finished yet (you'll notice the times are in UTC and it doesn't say who posted but it is being saved) but it works!
Go ahead and give it a try. Let me know if you break it because I'd like to know. I have a prize for the first person to break my script and post it on the wall!
On 09/19/2009 at 07:39:29,
Steve said:
Ahoy me hearties!
Testin' the waters.
ya pelican!
Speak proper or walk the plank!
On 08/26/2009 at 17:06:40,
Mark--> said:
ooooo
AHHHH
As you requested.
But seriously, it looks pretty good.
On 08/23/2009 at 20:41:44,
K2 said:
Well today has been very successful.
I converted my template page from pure html to use PHP. This will allow me to create pages from scratch very quickly. There are only 2 lines of code (can i get an "ooooo") required to create a new page with a header (including menu) and footer. 3 lines if you want to have a title on the page.
I got my database design put into a real mysql database, a total of 39 tables (how about an "AHHHH") and counting, so it's ready to be used. I'm in the process of scripting the wall at the moment. Once I get the new posts working, I'll get the view working, and then we'll see if I can write a script to import the existing wall into the new DB so I have some data to play with.
On top of all that, I also mowed the grass!
On 08/23/2009 at 11:00:59,
K2 said:
I was sitting here watching infomercials so my mind started wandering...
I was thinking if we wanted to institute a program to help increase attendance of winter camp, we could start the BARF (Bring A Real Friend) or the BARFING (Bring A Real Friend Increasing Numbers of Gathering) program.
Basically if you invite someone who has never attended a winter camp, they list you as the one who referred them to winter camp on their registration form, and both of you attend a minimum of one night at that year's winter camp, you get something. Like a patch (or is that "illegal" now?) or... a gold star.
We would keep running statistics on who has brought the most new winter campers. If it starts to take off we could even have a trophy for the person who has the most referrals, like a stanley cup sort of thing. Or it could simply be bragging rights... like who has the most nights in camp.
On 08/22/2009 at 11:35:34,
K2 said:
I was thinking about whether to have logins or not since we've gone so many years without. There is a ton of value in it simply from a data perspective, but, like you said, it can reduce the amount of postings we get. I think I'll blend slashdot and how we currently do it. Slashdot will allow you to post anonymously but they broadcast that with the "Anonymous Coward" username. Currently anyone can claim to be anyone.
I think the new site will let them type in their own name / email, like you can right now, but I'll somehow indicate that they are not a registered user so you can easily distinguish between someone who has an account and someone who may be doing a drive-by posting.
I'll defintely have the "are you human" tests anywhere an anonymous user can submit data. I may also have some kind of flood controls where if anybody (registered or not) starts doing posting in a short amount of time (so its obvious a script is in use) then I'll either require a "are you human" test or simply block the user from posting for x amount of time. I've seen that on phpbb forums.
I'm hoping that we can start increasing the amount of traffic on the site with this site redesign.
A few things I wanted to do with the registered users is give the option to receive email alerts when someone posts on any wall, replies to one of their posts (basically someone posts a message after yours), with the objective to keep people coming back to the site.
We could even allow people to sign up for reminders about how their hobby is going, and to post their progress (or lack of) on the Hobby HQ. We could even allow people to "subscribe" to other people's hobbies and get notifications when they post an update. All of this would be default opt-out, so the only way you'll get them is by opting-in. Ultimately, the objective is to keep people coming back.
On 08/22/2009 at 09:38:47,
Steve said:
It turns out I do have a few things in the db already and you hit on a couple - rosters and history.
On 08/22/2009 at 09:38:03,
Steve said:
I like it. The only thing I'd say is that I think it should always be possible to post things without a user account. Maybe non-users have to do a skills test or something to help avoid spam). I don't want their to be any barriers to youth entering comments or posting.
I know that's probably pointless given their overall participation on the site, but I consider it an important design objective.
On 08/21/2009 at 23:51:55,
K2 said:
Here's what I think is going to be the new template for the most part:
wintercamp.kkwebprogramming.com
On 08/21/2009 at 10:01:04,
K2 said:
It doesn't appear the hobby log area is working (or I'm looking in the wrong place) so I'm posing my progress here!
I have a site design on paper and I've got the beginnings of a database design which will definitely require additions as more features are accounted for.
However, I do believe I have the database tables designed and related for the following site features:
- User accounts
- Posting (wall, hobby log, wintercamp planning, etc)
- Wintercamp History pages (roster, planning, leaders, costs)
- Hobby logs and statistics
Next I'm going to get the template for the site layout designed so I can then start coding. I'll post some links when I have something you can actually look at other than an ERD...
On 08/05/2009 at 08:37:47,
Ethan said:
Story broke by Joe Retzbach:
"Migisi Opawgan Lodge was recognized at the National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) as a 2009 Honor Website recipient. Congratulations to everyone involved in providing a comprehensive website with essential information for our day-to-day operations. Way to go Website Team!!!"
On 07/29/2009 at 16:23:22,
Ron said:
I seems to me that the world is full of non-flammable places to store or stack documents. But, I may be missing something. Jeanne and Sam (her dad) do not stack stuff on the stove, but do stack it on seemingly every other surface in the house. On the bright side, Taylor is tall enough to reach counter tops and is enforcing some stacking discipline. That is probably not a good thing, but it does keep the clutter down a bit.
On 07/26/2009 at 23:21:34,
K2 said:
So get this... Some friends of ours came over Friday night and told us about how they came home to a smokey, but ok, house. Apparently while they were gone one of their dogs decided he wanted something on the stove. In the process of getting whatever it was he wanted, he turned on the stove.
As you can imagine (I'm sure Steve could elaborate) the items which were sitting on the stove ignited filling their house with smoke. Everybody, including the dogs and house, are fine but there was some considerable smoke damage they need to scrap off their cape cod style ceiling.
And my wife wonders why I don't like it when she stacks things on the stove...
On 07/26/2009 at 13:53:56,
Ethan said:
glad to hear you're mostly un-damaged.
I made use of my winter camp hobby of balloon animal making today. turns out kids love baloon hats.
On 07/24/2009 at 14:42:38,
Steve said:
Yeah, it was a pretty scary thing for a minute. I mean it wasn't gigantic scorching the ceiling flames, but I think if it had gone another minute or two we might have had some serious trouble.
On 07/24/2009 at 13:24:54,
K2 said:
After digging through the archives, it would appear that Jeff has a track record of promoting fire prevention...
picasaweb.google.com/firemouth/WinterCamp2008#5362080105465029282
On 07/24/2009 at 12:45:19,
K2 said:
Holy smokes! (couldn't help it)
Good thing you caught it in time.
On 07/24/2009 at 00:27:33,
Steve said:
Not sure if he's a hero or a prophet but Jeff's gift of a fire extinguisher several years ago came in very handy tonight. I bumped the stove on my way downstairs and thought I had turned it off in time. By the time I came back up from doing laundry, several items that were on the stove were on fire (yes, we know storing flammables on the stove is a bad plan).
I started trying to disassemble the fire into the sink, but it wasn't working. Kristie answered my call for help with fire extinguisher in hand. I suffered probably a second degree burn on one finger and that's about it. We did clean off the stove...
